Following Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s announcement of new restrictions shutting down bars across the city and limiting packaged alcohol sales in the French Quarter for Mardi Gras weekend, both tourism industry executives and New Orleans workers have taken to the internet – and the streets – with differing messages.
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Louisiana Seeking Bids for “Mass Fatality Services” Contracts As COVID-19 Spike Continues
February 7, 2021The State of Louisiana has issued an Emergency Request for Quotation (RFQ) for “mass fatality” services, in light of an ongoing and “significant spike in COVID-19 positive cases.
LA GOP Plans Indoor Maskless Convention In Spite of COVID-19 Spike
January 28, 2021In spite of the COVID-19 related deaths of several members, including State Representative Reggie Bagala, State Representative-Elect Luke Letlow, and former State Representative Steve Carter, the Louisiana Republican Party is planning an in-person meeting of its 230-member central committee on Jan 30, 2021.
New Orleans Public Schools to Remain Virtual Through Jan. 28
January 21, 2021Orleans Parish Superintendent of Schools Dr. Henderson Lewis Jr. announced at a press conference on Thursday that New Orleans Public Schools (NOLA PS) will remain in virtual learning for at least one more week.
New Orleans to Participate in Memorial and National Moment of Unity for COVID-19 Victims Led by President-Elect Biden
January 15, 2021The City of New Orleans will participate in President-elect Joe Biden’s national memorial ceremony and moment of unity recognizing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost due to COVID-19 across the country.
Breaking: US Has No COVID-19 Vaccine Reserve
January 15, 2021There is no federal reserve of COVID-19 vaccine and that states will not be receiving an expected surge in vaccine doses next week, Operation Warp Speed Gen. Perna confirms.
Photos: Unmasked State Troopers Gather and Talk As Crowds Walk Past on Bourbon St.
December 31, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be far from the minds of anyone on Bourbon Street tonight.
VP Mike Pence Insults Service Worker with Terrible Tip
December 30, 2020When Vice President Mike Pence tipped only $5 on a $45 bill on Tuesday, that must have been quite the slap in the face to whoever served him.
Orleans Parish Bars Must Cease Indoor Service Tonight
December 30, 2020Per the extended Phase 2 guidelines put in place by Gov. John Bel Edwards, the City of New Orleans has ordered all indoor bar service to cease at 11:00 p.m. tonight.
Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dies with COVID-19
December 29, 2020Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow has died from COVID-19 at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport. Letlow has spent the last six days in the LSU Health ICU after being transferred from […]
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